Even before I knew about his connections with the Weather Underground and Obama, Ayers was one of my heroes. He came to my school during my second year of teaching to talk with the teachers, and I was just riveted. 150 more words

We have another incredible show for you to start the week! On tonight’s episode of The Download, we preview Wednesday’s third and final presidential debate with political analysts Chris Robling and Dave Lundy, Doug Plank tells us if we should give up on the Bears this season, architecture critic Lee Bey talks about the 25th anniversary of the Harold Washington Library, social justice activists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn discuss their careers of giving a voice to the voiceless and since it’s Monday we end the show with some amazing live music in Studio 435 courtesy of the magnificent The Flat Five! 44 more words

Social justice activists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn join Justin at The Big Table to talk about a wide array of topics including the current presidential race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, voter suppression, money in politics, the importance of activism and standing up to government, the similarity between protest movements in the 60’s to the protest movements today, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Colin Kaepernick controversy, the United States’ permanent state of war, education, gay rights, healthcare and Bill’s latest book, “ 50 more words